Ha'Admor Rabbi Yechezkel HaKohen Rabinowitz, zt"l of Radomsk, author of Knesses Yechezkel
In honor of his yahrtzeit, 18th Cheshvan 5671

The son of the Knesses Yechezkel, the last scion of Radomsker Rebbes, Reb Shlomo Chanoch, Hy"d, wrote the introduction to his father's sefer. There he mentions that "it is known to all that my father endangered his life in the face of those who wished to uproot Torah values."

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